Tess Adamson
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Tessa Lee Adamson is a fictional character in the New Zealand
soap opera
Shortland Street
. She was played by Anita Torrance for several months in 2007 and was part of a high profile storyline where she had an affair with teenage Hunter McKay
who was 20 years younger and a victim of her son's bullying.
in the Primary Care Clinic. She instantly hits it off with Craig Valentine
and later her boss Callum McKay
. Her son Nate becomes friends and starts to date Callum's daughter Sophie
and so Tess starts to socialize with the McKay family outside of work. The two families spend a weekend at Luke Durville
's house in the woods. Callum's son Hunter McKay
instantly becomes smitten with Tess and starts to spend more time around the hospital to be around her. Tess starts to take self defence classes to help protect women from the Ferndale Strangler. Hunter soon admits his love but Tess is disgusted and starts to date Kip Denton
however rejects his advances and starts an affair with Hunter.
Their relationship soon becomes public with huge dispaproval from Callum and his wife Justine
. When Nate finds out, he runs away from home and when he returns admits he is gay. With further pressure and isolation from her peers, Tess tries to break up with Hunter several times but he appears to be in love. Hunter eventually proposes in late November and the next day a shocked Tess flees Ferndale with Nate, leaving Hunter sad and distraught.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Shortland Street
Shortland Street
Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...
. She was played by Anita Torrance for several months in 2007 and was part of a high profile storyline where she had an affair with teenage Hunter McKay
Hunter McKay
Hunter McKay is a fictional character in the TVNZ soap opera Shortland Street. He has been portrayed by Lee Donoghue since he first appeared in December 2006 as part of a new family unit consisting of parents Callum McKay and Justine Jones and younger sister Sophie McKay .The character is gifted...
who was 20 years younger and a victim of her son's bullying.
Character
It was announced in late June 2007 that Anita Torrance would be arriving to portray a new "gorgeous nurse" who was "ready to find love".2007
Tess arrives in July 2011 with her son Nate to replace nurse Toni WarnerToni Warner
Antoinette "Toni" Warner was a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street...
in the Primary Care Clinic. She instantly hits it off with Craig Valentine
Craig Valentine
Dr. Craig Valentine is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. He was portrayed by Renato Bartolomei for four years from May 2004 to September 2008....
and later her boss Callum McKay
Callum McKay
Callum McKay is a fictional character portrayed by actor Peter Mochrie in the TVNZ soap opera Shortland Street. He is a doctor and the Chief Executive Officer of Shortland Street Hospital.-Introduction:...
. Her son Nate becomes friends and starts to date Callum's daughter Sophie
Sophie McKay
Sophie Juliette McKay is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. She was introduced in late 2006 as the daughter of surgeon Justine Jones and GP Callum McKay. She was briefly married to Kieran Mitchell in early 2010 before they separated.-2006-2008:Sophie McKay...
and so Tess starts to socialize with the McKay family outside of work. The two families spend a weekend at Luke Durville
Luke Durville
Dr. Luke Durville is a fictional character on New Zealand's long-running soap opera, Shortland Street. Durville has been played by Gerald Urquhart since the character's first appearance on 14 September 2007 and appears sporadically each year often disappearing from four to eleven months at a...
's house in the woods. Callum's son Hunter McKay
Hunter McKay
Hunter McKay is a fictional character in the TVNZ soap opera Shortland Street. He has been portrayed by Lee Donoghue since he first appeared in December 2006 as part of a new family unit consisting of parents Callum McKay and Justine Jones and younger sister Sophie McKay .The character is gifted...
instantly becomes smitten with Tess and starts to spend more time around the hospital to be around her. Tess starts to take self defence classes to help protect women from the Ferndale Strangler. Hunter soon admits his love but Tess is disgusted and starts to date Kip Denton
Kip Denton
Kip Denton was a fictional character in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.-2007-2009:He is a doctor at Shortland Street Hospital, who had filled in for Dr. Craig Valentine while he was in Australia...
however rejects his advances and starts an affair with Hunter.
Their relationship soon becomes public with huge dispaproval from Callum and his wife Justine
Justine Jones
Justine Jones was a fictional character on the TVNZ soap opera Shortland Street. Justine was originally played by Laurie Foell in 2005 and 2006, but was replaced by Lucy Wigmore in 2007 who portrayed her until September 2008 and as a guest character in July 2009.-Casting:Controversy struck in 2007...
. When Nate finds out, he runs away from home and when he returns admits he is gay. With further pressure and isolation from her peers, Tess tries to break up with Hunter several times but he appears to be in love. Hunter eventually proposes in late November and the next day a shocked Tess flees Ferndale with Nate, leaving Hunter sad and distraught.
Trivia
- Throughout Hunter and Tess' relationship, the song Anchor MeAnchor Me (Greenpeace song)"Anchor Me" is a song by the New Zealand band The Mutton Birds from their 1993 album, Salty. In 2005, an all-star line-up of New Zealand artists collaborated to re-record the song, under the name Greenpeace, as a charity-fundraising single to mark the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of...
by the Muttonbirds was prevalent. When the two first started dating, Hunter requested it in secret to be played by a radio station for Tess, and later on when Hunter moved in, the song played. At the end of episode 3885 after Tess ran away, Hunter was found by Callum with a bottle of wine, listening to the song.